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"A Great Conveniency, a Maritime History of the Passaic River,
Hackensack River, and Newark Bay" describes the role that riverine
and coastal navigation played during the development of northern
New Jersey. Commencing in the early 1600s with the European
exploration of the local waterways, it relates how rivers
facilitated early settlement and expanded the highway network into
the hinterlands. Landings developed at Acquackanonck (Passaic),
Bound Creek, New Bridge (New Milford), and Old Bridge (Oradell),
and the towns of Belleville, Hackensack, Little Ferry, and Paterson
depended on river traffic for commerce. River proximity allowed
British forces to raid the area during the American Revolution, and
Americans used whaleboats and other local craft to retaliate. There
is a detailed examination of nineteenth century cargoes such as
bricks, coal, fertilizers, and lumber. The exports from the
Meadowlands - cedar logs, hay, and wild game are also cited. River
craft used on the waterways are also part of the story, and locally
built ships and boats, dugouts, canal boats, galleys, schooners,
sloops, steamboats, periaugers, and tugboats are all explained,
with numerous accompanying illustrations. The changes that
urbanization brought to the rivers and bays are investigated in
sections devoted to the expansion of New Yorks harbor and the rise
of Port Newark and Elizabethport. Other chapters explore how
suburban growth created new opportunities for canoeing and
yachting. Carried to the present day, the book describing the
efforts by the EPA and other environmental agencies, including
river clean, landfill capping, and development of riverside parks.
The World's Best Sailboats has become the most cherished and
respected illustrated sailing book of all time. Its unique format
includes over 400 spectacular color photographs by the world's
leading nautical photographers coupled with astutely presented
technical information on the best and most beautiful sailboats
manufactured. Mate's insistence on uncompromising quality and his
always engaging, entertaining style make this a timeless work and
must-reading for anyone interested in sailboats. Its encyclopedic
scope covering all aspects of sailboat design and construction,
gleaned from personal visits to the world's best boatyards and
interviews with the leading builders and designers, gives us not
only a feast for the eyes and the stuff of dreams but also a
thorough education. Mate visited the world's best boat builders
from Finland to Italy, from Maine to California, and in his book
evaluates and describes the sailboats of the nineteen best yards.
The text is full of technical information on design and
construction of available boats, while the magnificent color photos
celebrate the beauty of sailboats and fine craftsmanship. His
writing, as always is both informative and entertaining."
COMDTPUB P3120.17A. August 2006. Assists Coast Guard personnel in
response to oil spills, search and rescue operations and other
emergency situations.
Major safety issues discussed in this report include stability
standards and procedures for passenger vessels; and regulation of
New York State's public vessels. As a result of its investigation
of this accident, the Safety Board made safety recommendations to
the U.S. Coast Guard and the State of New York.
SCUBA diving is thriving in the New York Area. The diving up here
is much more challenging than warm water destinations due to our
local conditions of cold temperatures, low visibility and currents.
Written for both the diver and the non-diver, this book draws the
reader into the exciting world of Northeast Technical SCUBA Diving.
The book opens with an 'Introduction to SCUBA Diving' that explains
the equipment, local conditions and dangers of diving to those new
to the sport. Consisting of over 70 true stories of local dives
this book has the reader descending with the author on numerous
local shipwrecks such as the USS San Diego and ocean liner Oregon,
both over 500 feet long and sunk in the Atlantic off of Long
Island. The book also contains a number of dive site maps. The
stories, chronicle the author's diving adventures and what it feels
like to dive locally both exploring the wrecks and from popular
shore diving sites . A site/equipment index allows the reader to
also use the book to experience specific wrecks and sites. Let's
say you have never dove the USS San Diego, a naval Armored Cruiser
that sank in 1918 off of Fire Island. You can easily find all the
stories about dives on her in order of increasing difficulty. Or
you are considering getting an underwater scooter. You can locate
all the stories where a scooter was an important part. Perhaps you
want to understand how a reel helps keep a diver from getting lost
inside a wreck or what its like to be entangled by a line of reel
inside a wreck. Interested in finding out more of the dangers of
technical decompression diving? It's all here in this book. This
book takes you diving..
With A Review Of The Case Of The Antelope.
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such
as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.
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In one of the most triumphant high sea stories ever told, Kieran
Doherty brings to life the remarkable true story of the ship that
rescued the struggling Jamestown settlement in 1610 and
single-handedly ensured England's place in the New World. When the
Sea Venture left England in 1609, it was flagship in a fleet of
nine bound for Jamestown with roughly 600 settlers and badly needed
supplies aboard. But after four weeks at sea, as the voyage neared
its end, a hurricane hit devastating the fleet--one ship sank, the
rest scattered, and the Sea Venture was shipwrecked on the island
of Bermuda. It would take Sea Venture's passengers nearly a year
and half to reach their destination. Awaiting them was not the
thriving, populated colony they expected, but instead the grim
reality of a remaining fifty colonists--beleaguered, desperate, and
hungry. But, the question remains, would the English have lost
their place in the New World if the "Sea Venture" had never
arrived? A story of strife and triumph, but above all, endurance,
"Sea Venture" begins and ends in hope and remains one of the
greatest "What Ifs?" in history. With the bravado of a legendary
sea saga, Doherty braves the elements in "Sea Venture," delivering
a powerful history willed by a people destined to change the New
World forever.
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